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Dr Steinar Ellingsen

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 3171
Email: s.ellingsen@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML6.216  

Steinar is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Current teaching

  • BDJ1100 - Media, Law and Ethics
  • BDJ2100 - Audio Storytelling
  • BDJ3150 - Investigative Journalism
  • BDJ3100 - Convergent Digital Newsroom
  • BDJ3350 - Visual Storytelling
  • CMM5175 - Journalism in the New Media: Converged Environment

Background

Dr Steinar Ellingsen is the major coordinator of Broadcast and Digital Journalism in the Bachelor of Media and Communication. He is a chief investigator on the ARC Linkage project, Valuing Web Series: Economic, Industrial, Cultural and Social Value (LP180100626).

Dr Ellingsen is an internationally recognised expert on web series whose practice-based PhD thesis included the creation of a multi-award-winning web series, The Inland Sea: an Australian Odyssey. He is a co-founder and former Director of Melbourne WebFest and has given keynotes and seminars on web series around the globe. Dr Ellingsen has previously held positions as senior lecturer at the University of Wollongong (2018-2023), and La Trobe University (2011-2018), where served as Head of Department of Communication and Media (2016-2018). Before relocating to Australia to pursue a career in academia, Dr Ellingsen worked as a journalist in Norway.

Professional associations

  • 2024 - Australia and New Zealand Communication Association
  • 2024 - Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia

Awards and recognition

National and International awards

  • 2007 - SKUP nominee (Norwegian award for investigative journalism)
  • 2012 - Outstanding Achievement in Production (LAWEBFEST)
  • 2013 - Outstanding Achievement in Production (LAWEBFEST)
  • 2016 - Best Documentary (Austin WebFest)
  • 2016 - Best Documentary (K WebFest)

University and National teaching awards

  • 2015 - Vice-Chancellor's award for Supporting Student Employability (La Trobe University)

National and International research awards

  • 2007 - DM Myers University Medal nominee (La Trobe University)

Research areas and interests

  • Web Series
  • Creative careers
  • Journalism and New Media
  • Journalism Education
  • Media Law and Ethics

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, La Trobe University, 2014.
  • Bachelor of Journalism, La Trobe University, 2008.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

  • Evans, N., Ryan, MD., Ellingsen, S., Burkholder, M., Da Silva, L. (2024). (Mis-) Connected: Web Series, Digital Culture and Everyday Life in Lockdown. International Journal of Communication, 18(2024), 2902-2918.

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

  • Burkholder, M., Ellingsen, S., Evans, N., Turnbull, S. (2021). Web series, cancelled, and the value of engagement. Participations: journal of audience and reception studies, 18(2), 251-268.

Book Chapters

  • Ellingsen, S., Taylor , S. (2019). Writers, Producers and Creative Entrepreneurship in Web Series Development. The Palgrave Handbook of Screen Production (181-191). Palgrave Macmillan Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21744-0_14.

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

  • Ellingsen, S. (2013). Web series, independent media and emerging online markets: Then and now. Crossmedia Innovations: Texts, Markets, Institutions (199-215). Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-02575-0.

Research Projects

  • Transforming the News: Assessing the Impact of Generative AI on Journalism Practices and News Production, Edith Cowan University, Early-Mid Career Researcher Grant Scheme 2025 (Stream 2), 2025 ‑ 2026, $31,010.
  • Valuing Web Series: Economic, Industrial, Cultural and Social Value , Australian Research Council, Linkage Projects (LP18), 2024 ‑ 2025, $10,495.
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